https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2023-10/21-species-delisted-endangered-species-act-due-extinction
Fish and Wildlife Service Delists 21 Species from the Endangered Species Act due to Extinction
Action signals a ‘wake-up call on the importance of conserving imperiled species before it’s too late’
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delisting 21 species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction. Based on rigorous reviews of the best available science for each of these species, the Service determined these species are extinct and should be removed from the list of species protected under the ESA. Most of these species were listed under the ESA in the 1970s and 80s and were in very low numbers or likely already extinct at the time of listing…
Bachman’s warbler
Bridled white-eye
Kauai akialo
Kauai nukupuu
Kauaʻi ʻōʻō
Large Kauai thrush
Maui ākepa
Maui nukupuʻu
Molokai creeper
Po`ouli
Little Mariana fruit bat
San Marcos gambusia
Scioto madtom
Flat pigtoe
Southern acornshell
Stirrupshell
Upland combshell
Green-blossom pearly mussel
Tubercled-blossom pearly mussel
Turgid-blossom pearly mussel
Yellow-blossom pearly mussel..
